Minoxidil - instructions for use, reviews, analogs and forms of release (substance powder for making a spray, lotion or shampoo) drugs to treat baldness and hair loss in adults, children and during pregnancy

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Minoxidil - an agent for the treatment of alopecia.Has a stimulating effect on hair growth in men and women with androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness). The appearance of signs of hair growth is noted after 4 months and more application of the drug 2 times a day. The onset and severity of the effect may vary in different patients. After the abolition of minoxidil, the growth of new hair is suspended, and in 3-4 months the restoration of the original appearance is possible.

The exact mechanism of action of minoxidil as a stimulator of hair growth in patients with androgenetic alopecia is unknown.

With systemic use, minoxidil has a vasodilating effect. In controlled clinical trials after external use of minoxidil in patients with both normal and elevated blood pressure, systemic side effects associated with systemic absorption of minoxidil were not observed.

Composition

Minoxidil.

Pharmacokinetics

With external use, minoxidil is poorly absorbed through normal intact skin: an average of 1.4% (0.3-4.5%) of the total applied dose enters the systemic circulation. With external application, the concentration of minoxidil in the serum is determined by the rate of its absorption through the skin.After discontinuation, approximately 95% of the minoxidil, which has been systemically absorbed, is excreted within 4 days.

Indications

• androgenic alopecia in men and women (for the purpose of restoring the hairline or stabilizing the process of hair loss).

Forms of release

Substance powder for making a spray, solution, lotion or shampoo for external use.

Instructions for use and how to use them

Apply to the scalp skin 2 times a day (morning and evening).

Side effect

• redness
• pruritus
• peeling skin of the scalp;
• hypertrichosis (unwanted hair growth on the body, including facial hair growth in women);
• increased hair loss during the transition from the resting phase to the phase of hair growth (this temporary phenomenon is observed after 2-6 weeks after the initiation of therapy and gradually, within 2 weeks, ceases);
• arterial hypotension.

Contraindications

• children and adolescents under 18;
• redness, inflammation, infection, soreness of the scalp (including sunburn);
• hypersensitivity to minoxidil.

Application in pregnancy and lactation

Do not use during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding)

Use in children

Contraindicated in children and adolescents under 18 years.

special instructions

If there are systemic side effects (chest pains, palpitations, dizziness, lowering blood pressure, sudden weight gain, swelling of the hands and / or feet), and redness and irritation at the rubbing site, minoxidil should be discarded and, if necessary, appropriate therapy.

In some patients, after the application of minoxidil, a change in the color and structure of the hair was observed.

Drug Interactions

When minoxidil and topical preparations containing tretinoin, anthralin / dithranol (which cause a change in the protective function of the skin) are simultaneously applied to the skin, an increase in the absorption of minoxidil is possible.

Analogues of the drug Minoxidil

Structural analogs for the active ingredient (preparations on its basis):

• Alerana;
• Alopexy;
• Generolon;
• COSILON;
• Minoxidil;
• Revasil;
• Regeyn.

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